Asylum seeker not entitled to damages for being denied permission to work granted in EU Directive On 4 March the UK High Court of Justice (Queen’s Bench Division – Administrative Court) ruled on the case R(Negassi) v SSHD [2011] EWHC 386(Admin) that asylum seekers are not entitled to damages for not being granted the right […]
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Liam Fox deserts Migrant Soldiers
Liam Fox has broken his promise in the case of Pex The Defence Secretary, Liam Fox, was very keen, in opposition, on the care of our military veterans. You wouldn’t know it by his treatment of the Fijian war hero Pex. Read the full article by Christopher Booker in The Telegraph here (photo from The […]
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UKBA Shortage Occupation List Slashed
Migration Advisory Committee recommends that 8 job titles be removed from the UK shortage occupation list The UK Border Agency has announced that it has received recommendations from the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to raise UK shortage occupation list to higher skills level. This follows the MAC’s recommendation last month that 71 occupations be removed […]
The immigration Minister Damian Green has issued a Written Ministerial Statement (PDF 91KB opens in a new window) that proposes to increase immigration and nationality application fees for all those applying to study, visit, work or stay in the UK. The new proposed fees (PDF 229KB opens in a new window) will be laid in […]
Afghan wins key asylum case at European Court of Human Rights against Belgium & Greece The European Court of Human Rights has ruled in favour of an Afghan asylum seeker and fined Belgium and Greece over the treatment they gave him, saying his rights were violated. The ruling is a challenge to the Dublin Convention, […]
